La Follette Wool Bill Passes Senate After Tense Debate
The La Follette wool bill won Senate approval 47 to 20 aided by ten insurgent Republicans and Democrats. Penrose’s substitute was defeated 34 to 32, while Cummins’ insurgent plan was rejected 57 to 14. The outcome leaves tariff plans unsettled with a looming clash over Canadian reciprocity and a possible presidential veto.
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Quick-Firing Gun Demonstrated On Royal Flying Corps Plane
London July 25 Experiments at Farnborough show a Royal Flying Corps aero plane successfully using a quick firing gun at 400 feet. About twenty rounds were fired with minimal recoil and the machine remained stable. The biplane, built in the army factory, carries the gun and ammunition in a front box seat with a pivoting gun. Further planes to be equipped and bombs to be carried are planned after the positive results.
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Prince Axel Flies Through Storm to Ermitage Castle
The Copenhagen report says Prince Axel of Denmark, with two friends, flew to Ermitage Castle in a storm in sixteen minutes wearing evening dress. They had dinner, then headed back to Copenhagen with minimal supplies as worsening weather forced a rapid return and a dangerous sea-land landing.
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Women hunt pirate gold off Costa Rica island
A party of English and American explorers led by two young women, Miss Barritelly and Miss Georgiana Davis, pursue a rumored 16 million dollar hoard of pirate Bombosa on Cocos Island. The government has sent soldiers and granted a concession to Barritelly and associates. Barritelly reportedly holds a map from a dying ally matching ancient manuscripts, guiding the treasure hunt expected to last under a month.
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Doctor Pirkner Walks Out of New Jersey Asylum
Dr. B H P Pirkner left Morris Plains State Hospital without notice and returned to New York with his wife reconciled and three children. He says he will not return and that he is cured, denying he escaped. He plans to resume maternity work and may consider Germany for travel.
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Will of oil magnate bars Rockefellers gifts to churches
The will of Thomas W. Phillips, New Castle oil producer valued at $2,000,000, restricts gifts to bodies that do not solicit funds from John D. Rockefeller or Rockefeller funds. His widow and three children each receive a quarter of the estate. He leaves Oklahoma Christian University $25,000 and $5,000 to establish a Bible Chair, plus numerous legacies to Christian Church charities.
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Grace Phillips-Johnson
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Gates Buys 27000 Acre North Carolina Tract
Frederick T. Gates chair of the General Education Board and adviser to John D. Rockefeller reportedly bought 27000 acres in Richmond and Scotland Counties, North Carolina for about 270000 dollars. The purchase may be a personal investment with plans to clear portions for fruits berries cotton corn and other crops and to develop a colonization project on part of the land.
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Frederick T. Gates
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Gore
Why Wait Till Defective Children Commit Crime
Eminent sociologist advocates segregation of dangerous cases in a State institution. His plan appears in NEXT SUNDAY S TIMES.
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Thaw Decision Expected Brief ruling to be issued soon
Supreme Court Justice Keogh plans a very brief decision on whether Harry K Thaw should be released from Matteawan after a recent hearing in White Plains. The matter centers on whether Thaw proves sanity, with observers predicting an outcome against him.
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R. Jerome
Russell Peabody
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Jle
Peabody
Clifford W. Hartridge
Shearn
Jerome
Carlos F. MacDonald
Gov. Dix
MacDonald
Marry at 75 John Luster Weds Nurse Charlotte Klinger in Yonkers
John Luster aged 75 of 401 West Thirtieth Street married Yonkers nurse Charlotte Klinger at Yonkers. The ceremony was performed by Alder man Charles Miller. The couple left by New York Central Station seeking City Clerk’s office.
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Yonkers
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Riverdale Avenue
New York Central
Kenry Miller
Luster
Charles Miller
Miss Blinger
West Thirtieth Street
Nance of Luster
Eli Luster
Rossmore Laundry
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Charles S
Rossmore’ Laundry
Aviator To Race Motor Boats At Thousand Islands
Lieut Flyson, a leading U S Naval Aviation Corps aviator, accepts an invitation to exhibit at the Thousand Islands on Aug 5 6 and 7 and will race an aeroplane against fast motor boats in Gold Challenge Cup events on the St Lawrence. The Aug 5 contest pairs the aeroplane with Bear Cat owned by Herbert Coppell of New York over a ten mile course twice for the plane and once for the boat. A similar race is set for Aug 6 against P D Q II owned by A Graham Mites son in law of George C Boldt of New York. On Aug 7 the aeroplane faces the Gold Cup winner.
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St. Lawrence
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New York
A. Graham Mites
George C. Boldt
New
Wagner Couple Die in Sodus Bay Boat Tragedy
A Rochester couple, Mr and Mrs Charles F Wagner, drowned when a launch carrying nine people overturned at Sodus Bay this afternoon. Rescue efforts recovered several bodies as authorities investigated the accident and identified the deceased.
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Charles F. Wagner
Sodus Bay
Montclair Wife Leaves Home Under Puzzling Note
Dorothy Marcus 25 leaves Montclair home saying domestic life lacks love. Wife of William Hitler Marcus Jr and mother of two daughters, she cites unendurable conditions and may join her California-raised father in Europe. Heir to Marcus & Co. wealth, she favored horses and outdoor life over rising social duties.
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N. J
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William Hitler Marcus, Jr
Lloyd Road
William Elder Marcus
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Marcus
Yale
Dorothy Cooksey
George B. Cooksey
Pasadena
Cal
Europe
Tarrytown
Referendum for Platform at Iowa Democratic Convention
Iowa Democrats adopt a progressive platform via referendum and primary rules. Two candidates for Supreme Court were nominated Maurice O Connor Fort Dodge and John B Craig Lee County. Henry Vollmer Davenport urged a local option plank, platform passed amid disorder. The platform supports initiative and referendum direct primary elections direct vote for party committees woman suffrage and government ownership of telegraphs and phones.
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Iowa
OUSTS ROOSEVELT LEADER IN ALABAMA
Joseph O. Thompson, head of Internal Revenue for Alabama and Mississippi based in Birmingham, was removed by telegraph after refusing to resign following a request from Secretary MacVeagh. Thompson led Roosevelt forces in Alabama and his dismissal was authorized by the President.
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Bridgey Webber Renews Reform Pledge After Rosenthal Murder
Bridgey Webber, jailed in the Herman Rosenthal case, tells Deputy Police Commissioner Dougherty he will quit gambling and reform his friends if released. Fellow defendants Sam Paul Harry Walton and Jack Rose remain silent on similar vows as the habeas corpus writ is denied.
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Traveling salesman Curtis Nichols Falls From Train Near Springfield
The body of Curtis Nichols, 82, of West Newton, was found in West Springfield yards after the Chicago express left Springfield. His berth window screen was broken but no foul play is suspected. investigators believe he fell from the window while asleep. Nichols left behind a family.
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Springfield
Mass
Curtis Nichols
West Newton
Chicago Express
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Nichols
Widener Illness Not Considered Serious
Mrs. Joseph E. Widener of Newport arrived to her husband’s bedside in Philadelphia as the family said he had been confined at home for two days due to a sudden indisposition. Officials reported the illness was not serious.
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Joseph E. Widener
Newport
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W. J. Massee Arrested on Train Return to Georgia
Spartanburg D C July 25 W J Massee president of several Georgia corporations was arrested on a train returning home from New York. He is charged with having violated the Tennessee teaching a by threats to induce Robert Willems of Obia Tenn to drop civil salt. Extradition efforts were made two years ago. A court order restrains Tennessee officers from taking him until his lawyers appeal Governor Please to withdraw it. He is released on $10000 bail.
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W. J. Massee
Georgia
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Obia
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Dynamite Found in Central Park Near Statue of Daniel Webster
A park laborer unearthed seven sticks of dynamite weighing seven pounds in Central Park near the Daniel Webster statue opposite West Seventy-third Street. The sticks were in a gunny sack within a sand mound used for road work. Police suspect laborers from the aqueduct shaft at Sixty-fifth Street and Transverse Road left the explosives. the Bureau of Combustibles removed them after notification by the Park Superintendent and Park Commissioner Stover.
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Parachute Jump From Queensboro Bridge by Rodman Law
Rodman Law made a high bridge leap from the Queensboro Bridge in an automobile with a parachute ready. He stepped off into space before a policeman could stop him, fell to about 20 feet above water before the chute opened, then surfaced and was rescued by Fred B. Dalzell as moving picture operators filmed the event.
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New York Man Dies in London of Heart Disease
The Coroner's inquest in London returned a verdict of death from heart disease for C. M. Coen of New York found dead in his Bloomsbury boarding house. No relatives or valuables are known, and unless someone arranges the funeral, the body will be buried in Potter's Field.
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Arrest of University President Leads to Malicious Persecution Suit
Burlington VT July 25 Dr Hugh M Moore of Oxford Ohio filed a $20000 damages suit against University of Vermont President Guy Potter Benton. Moore alleges Benton had him arrested in 1910 on liquor sale to Miami University students, twice found not guilty. Benton, former head of Miami University, was later arrested on a body writ and released on $20000 bond. Benton says he acted in good faith.
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Guy Potter Benton
University of Vermont
Hugh M. Moore
Oxford
Ohio
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Benton
Miami University
Detectives Nab Frank and Woman in Harlem Opium Flat
Detectives arrest a man named Frank and a woman found stupefied in a Harlem flat. Whitman reports hearing Shapiro’s murder trip described to the District Attorney and Dougherty, though the latter calls it disappointing.
Becker ready to testify against Rosenthal murder suspects
Police move to hold Dago Frank and two others as material witnesses in the Rosenthal murder case at the Hotel Metropole. Detectives McKenna Cassassa and Upton led arrests, with Commissioner Dougherty and Inspector Hughes briefing the press. The suspects, dazed by opium, include a woman now known as Rose Harris formerly Regina Gordon.
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Dago” Frank
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Whitey" Lewis
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Dago” Franks
Dago" Frank
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